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LoL Champion Release Dates

Every League of Legends champion's release date, from February 21, 2009 to June 24, 2026. That's 173 champions, newest first.

Newest champion

LockeThe Ashen Exorcist

Released in Patch 26.13, 93 days ago.

Locke skins in 3D

Next champion

Not announced

Riot hasn't named one in any dev update through September 8, 2026. Riot's May 27, 2026 dev update was the last to name a new champion (Locke). There's no new champion on the PBE either, which is testing Patch 26.20.

Every champion's release date

Showing all 173 champions, newest first.

Class Region
LockeThe Ashen Exorcist26.13Assassin, MageDemacia217 days skins
ZaahenThe Unsundered25.23FighterUnaffiliated126 days skins
YunaraThe Unbroken Faith25.14MarksmanIonia174 days skins
MelThe Soul's Reflection25.02Mage, SupportNoxus78 days skins
AmbessaMatriarch of War14.22Fighter, AssassinNoxus112 days skins
AuroraThe Witch Between Worlds14.14Mage, AssassinThe Freljord168 days skins
SmolderThe Fiery Fledgling14.2Marksman, MageUnaffiliated57 days skins
HweiThe Visionary13.24Mage, SupportIonia83 days skins
BriarThe Restrained Hunger13.18Fighter, AssassinNoxus56 days skins
NaafiriThe Hound of a Hundred Bites13.14Assassin, FighterShurima118 days skins
MilioThe Gentle Flame13.6Support, MageIxtal141 days skins
K'SanteThe Pride of Nazumah12.21Tank, FighterShurima112 days skins
NilahThe Joy Unbound12.13Fighter, AssassinBilgewater34 days skins
Bel'VethThe Empress of the Void12.11FighterThe Void112 days skins
Renata GlascThe Chem-Baroness12.4Support, MageZaun28 days skins
ZeriThe Spark of Zaun12.2MarksmanZaun120 days skins
VexThe Gloomist11.19MageShadow Isles62 days skins
AkshanThe Rogue Sentinel11.15Marksman, AssassinShurima98 days skins
GwenThe Hallowed Seamstress11.8FighterShadow Isles84 days skins
ViegoThe Ruined King11.2Fighter, AssassinShadow Isles43 days skins
RellThe Iron Maiden10.25Tank, SupportNoxus41 days skins
SeraphineThe Starry-Eyed Songstress10.22Support, MagePiltover38 days skins
SamiraThe Desert Rose10.19Marksman, AssassinNoxus46 days skins
YoneThe Unforgotten10.16Fighter, AssassinIonia15 days skins
LilliaThe Bashful Bloom10.15Fighter, MageIonia190 days skins
SettThe Boss10.1Fighter, TankIonia34 days skins
ApheliosThe Weapon of the Faithful9.24MarksmanTargon31 days skins
SennaThe Redeemer9.22Support, MarksmanUnaffiliated135 days skins
QiyanaEmpress of the Elements9.13AssassinIxtal44 days skins
YuumiThe Magical Cat9.10Support, MageBandle City110 days skins
SylasThe Unshackled9.2Mage, AssassinDemacia51 days skins
NeekoThe Curious Chameleon8.24Mage, SupportIxtal188 days skins
PykeThe Bloodharbor Ripper8.11Support, AssassinBilgewater85 days skins
Kai'SaDaughter of the Void8.5Marksman, MageThe Void106 days skins
ZoeThe Aspect of Twilight7.23MageTargon90 days skins
OrnnThe Fire below the Mountain7.17TankThe Freljord42 days skins
KaynThe Shadow Reaper7.14Fighter, AssassinIonia84 days skins
XayahThe Rebel7.8MarksmanIoniaSame day skins
RakanThe Charmer7.8SupportIonia128 days skins
CamilleThe Steel Shadow6.24Fighter, AssassinPiltover68 days skins
IvernThe Green Father6.20Support, MageIonia56 days skins
KledThe Cantankerous Cavalier6.16FighterNoxus84 days skins
TaliyahThe Stoneweaver6.10Mage, SupportShurima55 days skins
Aurelion SolThe Star Forger6.6MageUnaffiliated52 days skins
JhinThe Virtuoso6.2Marksman, MageIonia69 days skins
IllaoiThe Kraken Priestess5.23Fighter, TankBilgewater41 days skins
KindredThe Eternal Hunters5.19MarksmanUnaffiliated97 days skins
Tahm KenchThe River King5.13Tank, SupportUnaffiliated41 days skins
EkkoThe Boy Who Shattered Time5.10Assassin, MageZaun78 days skins
BardThe Wandering Caretaker5.5Support, MageUnaffiliated91 days skins
Rek'SaiThe Void Burrower5.1Fighter, TankThe Void21 days skins
KalistaThe Spear of Vengeance4.20MarksmanShadow Isles65 days skins
AzirThe Emperor of the Sands4.16Mage, MarksmanShurima34 days skins
GnarThe Missing Link4.14Fighter, TankThe Freljord94 days skins
BraumThe Heart of the Freljord4.7Tank, SupportThe Freljord73 days skins
Vel'KozThe Eye of the Void4.3Mage, SupportThe Void76 days skins
YasuoThe Unforgiven3.15Fighter, AssassinIonia64 days skins
JinxThe Loose Cannon3.13MarksmanZaun49 days skins
LucianThe Purifier3.10Marksman, AssassinUnaffiliated70 days skins
AatroxThe Darkin Blade3.8FighterUnaffiliated44 days skins
LissandraThe Ice Witch3.6 or earlierMageThe Freljord32 days skins
ZacThe Secret Weapon3.6 or earlierTank, FighterZaun28 days skins
QuinnDemacia's Wings3.6 or earlierMarksman, AssassinDemacia37 days skins
ThreshThe Chain Warden3.6 or earlierSupport, TankShadow Isles35 days skins
ViThe Piltover Enforcer3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinPiltover12 days skins
NamiThe Tidecaller3.6 or earlierSupport, MageUnaffiliated24 days skins
ZedThe Master of Shadows3.6 or earlierAssassinIonia18 days skins
EliseThe Spider Queen3.6 or earlierAssassin, MageShadow Isles29 days skins
Kha'ZixThe Voidreaver3.6 or earlierAssassinThe Void14 days skins
SyndraThe Dark Sovereign3.6 or earlierMageIonia23 days skins
RengarThe Pridestalker3.6 or earlierAssassin, FighterIxtal14 days skins
DianaScorn of the Moon3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinTargon14 days skins
ZyraRise of the Thorns3.6 or earlierMage, SupportIxtal17 days skins
JayceThe Defender of Tomorrow3.6 or earlierFighter, MarksmanPiltover32 days skins
DravenThe Glorious Executioner3.6 or earlierMarksmanNoxus13 days skins
DariusThe Hand of Noxus3.6 or earlierFighter, TankNoxus15 days skins
VarusThe Arrow of Retribution3.6 or earlierMarksman, MageIonia20 days skins
HecarimThe Shadow of War3.6 or earlierFighter, TankShadow Isles29 days skins
LuluThe Fae Sorceress3.6 or earlierSupport, MageBandle City20 days skins
FioraThe Grand Duelist3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinDemacia15 days skins
NautilusThe Titan of the Depths3.6 or earlierTank, SupportBilgewater13 days skins
ZiggsThe Hexplosives Expert3.6 or earlierMageZaun15 days skins
SejuaniFury of the North3.6 or earlierTankThe Freljord19 days skins
ViktorThe Herald of the Arcane3.6 or earlierMageZaun15 days skins
AhriThe Nine-Tailed Fox3.6 or earlierMage, AssassinIonia15 days skins
VolibearThe Relentless Storm3.6 or earlierFighter, TankThe Freljord14 days skins
FizzThe Tidal Trickster3.6 or earlierAssassin, FighterUnaffiliated14 days skins
ShyvanaThe Half-Dragon3.6 or earlierFighter, TankDemacia13 days skins
GravesThe Outlaw3.6 or earlierMarksmanBilgewater14 days skins
XerathThe Magus Ascendant3.6 or earlierMage, SupportShurima21 days skins
RivenThe Exile3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinNoxus21 days skins
TalonThe Blade's Shadow3.6 or earlierAssassinNoxus15 days skins
SkarnerThe Primordial Sovereign3.6 or earlierTank, FighterIxtal14 days skins
WukongThe Monkey King3.6 or earlierFighter, TankIonia13 days skins
LeonaThe Radiant Dawn3.6 or earlierTank, SupportTargon21 days skins
YorickShepherd of Souls3.6 or earlierFighter, TankShadow Isles21 days skins
OriannaThe Lady of Clockwork3.6 or earlierMage, SupportPiltover22 days skins
VayneThe Night Hunter3.6 or earlierMarksman, AssassinDemacia14 days skins
RumbleThe Mechanized Menace3.6 or earlierFighter, MageBandle City14 days skins
BrandThe Burning Vengeance3.6 or earlierMage, SupportUnaffiliated11 days skins
Lee SinThe Blind Monk3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinIonia17 days skins
NocturneThe Eternal Nightmare3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinUnaffiliated14 days skins
Jarvan IVThe Exemplar of Demacia3.6 or earlierFighter, TankDemacia13 days skins
MaokaiThe Twisted Treant3.6 or earlierTank, SupportShadow Isles15 days skins
KarmaThe Enlightened One3.6 or earlierMage, SupportIonia14 days skins
RenektonThe Butcher of the Sands3.6 or earlierFighter, TankShurima14 days skins
CaitlynThe Sheriff of Piltover3.6 or earlierMarksmanPiltover21 days skins
CassiopeiaThe Serpent's Embrace3.6 or earlierMageNoxus13 days skins
TrundleThe Troll King3.6 or earlierFighter, TankThe Freljord15 days skins
IreliaThe Blade Dancer3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinIonia14 days skins
LeBlancThe Deceiver3.6 or earlierAssassin, MageNoxus14 days skins
LuxThe Lady of Luminosity3.6 or earlierMage, SupportDemacia14 days skins
SwainThe Noxian Grand General3.6 or earlierMage, SupportNoxus15 days skins
SonaMaven of the Strings3.6 or earlierSupport, MageDemacia12 days skins
Miss FortuneThe Bounty Hunter3.6 or earlierMarksman, MageBilgewater15 days skins
UrgotThe Dreadnought3.6 or earlierFighter, TankZaun14 days skins
GalioThe Colossus3.6 or earlierTank, MageDemacia14 days skins
VladimirThe Crimson Reaper3.6 or earlierMage, FighterNoxus14 days skins
Xin ZhaoThe Seneschal of Demacia3.6 or earlierFighter, TankDemacia19 days skins
Kog'MawThe Mouth of the Abyss3.6 or earlierMarksman, MageThe Void16 days skins
OlafThe Berserker3.6 or earlierFighter, TankThe Freljord7 days skins
MalzaharThe Prophet of the Void3.6 or earlierMageThe Void21 days skins
AkaliThe Rogue Assassin3.6 or earlierAssassinIonia14 days skins
GarenThe Might of Demacia3.6 or earlierFighter, TankDemacia19 days skins
KennenThe Heart of the Tempest3.6 or earlierMageIonia15 days skins
ShenThe Eye of Twilight3.6 or earlierTankIonia8 days skins
EzrealThe Prodigal Explorer3.6 or earlierMarksman, MagePiltover20 days skins
MordekaiserThe Iron Revenant3.6 or earlierFighter, MageNoxus22 days skins
PantheonThe Unbreakable Spear3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinTargonSame day skins
GragasThe Rabble Rouser3.6 or earlierFighter, MageThe Freljord20 days skins
PoppyKeeper of the Hammer3.6 or earlierTank, FighterDemacia27 days skins
NidaleeThe Bestial Huntress3.6 or earlierAssassin, MageIxtal15 days skins
UdyrThe Spirit Walker3.6 or earlierFighter, TankThe Freljord53 days skins
ShacoThe Demon Jester3.6 or earlierAssassinUnaffiliatedSame day skins
HeimerdingerThe Revered Inventor3.6 or earlierMage, SupportPiltover9 days skins
NasusThe Curator of the Sands3.6 or earlierFighter, TankShurima12 days skins
KatarinaThe Sinister Blade3.6 or earlierAssassin, MageNoxusSame day skins
CorkiThe Daring Bombardier3.6 or earlierMarksman, MageBandle City17 days skins
MalphiteShard of the Monolith3.6 or earlierTank, MageIxtalSame day skins
JannaThe Storm's Fury3.6 or earlierSupport, MageZaunSame day skins
Dr. MundoThe Madman of Zaun3.6 or earlierTank, FighterZaunSame day skins
BlitzcrankThe Great Steam Golem3.6 or earlierTank, SupportZaun14 days skins
TaricThe Shield of Valoran3.6 or earlierSupport, TankTargonSame day skins
GangplankThe Saltwater Scourge3.6 or earlierFighterBilgewater12 days skins
KassadinThe Void Walker3.6 or earlierAssassin, MageThe Void14 days skins
VeigarThe Tiny Master of Evil3.6 or earlierMageBandle City14 days skins
RammusThe Armordillo3.6 or earlierTankShurimaSame day skins
AniviaThe Cryophoenix3.6 or earlierMageThe Freljord14 days skins
Cho'GathThe Terror of the Void3.6 or earlierTank, MageThe VoidSame day skins
AmumuThe Sad Mummy3.6 or earlierTank, SupportShurima14 days skins
KarthusThe Deathsinger3.6 or earlierMageShadow Isles42 days skins
TwitchThe Plague Rat3.6 or earlierMarksman, AssassinZaunSame day skins
TryndamereThe Barbarian King3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinThe FreljordSame day skins
EvelynnAgony's Embrace3.6 or earlierAssassin, MageUnaffiliated13 days skins
ZileanThe Chronokeeper3.6 or earlierSupport, MageUnaffiliatedSame day skins
SingedThe Mad Chemist3.6 or earlierTank, MageZaun56 days skins
WarwickThe Uncaged Wrath of Zaun3.6 or earlierFighter, TankZaunSame day skins
Twisted FateThe Card Master3.6 or earlierMage, MarksmanBilgewaterSame day skins
TristanaThe Yordle Gunner3.6 or earlierMarksman, AssassinBandle CitySame day skins
TeemoThe Swift Scout3.6 or earlierMarksman, MageBandle CitySame day skins
SorakaThe Starchild3.6 or earlierSupport, MageTargonSame day skins
SivirThe Battle Mistress3.6 or earlierMarksmanShurimaSame day skins
SionThe Undead Juggernaut3.6 or earlierTank, FighterNoxusSame day skins
RyzeThe Rune Mage3.6 or earlierMageUnaffiliatedSame day skins
Nunu & WillumpThe Boy and His Yeti3.6 or earlierTank, MageThe FreljordSame day skins
MorganaThe Fallen3.6 or earlierSupport, MageDemaciaSame day skins
Master YiThe Wuju Bladesman3.6 or earlierFighter, AssassinIoniaSame day skins
KayleThe Righteous3.6 or earlierMarksman, MageDemaciaSame day skins
JaxGrandmaster at Arms3.6 or earlierFighterUnaffiliatedSame day skins
FiddlesticksThe Ancient Fear3.6 or earlierMage, SupportUnaffiliatedSame day skins
AsheThe Frost Archer3.6 or earlierMarksman, SupportThe FreljordSame day skins
AnnieThe Dark Child3.6 or earlierMage, SupportUnaffiliatedSame day skins
AlistarThe Minotaur3.6 or earlierTank, SupportUnaffiliated skins

Wait is the number of days since the champion before it came out.

Release date facts

217 days

The longest wait between two new champions came before Locke, who arrived 217 days after Zaahen (Nov 19, 2025 to Jun 24, 2026).

93 days

since Locke came out on June 24, 2026. Only 19 gaps in the table ran longer.

42 champions in 2009

That's more than every champion released from 2017 on, combined (39). The slowest full years since 2010: 2018, 2024 and 2025, with 3 each.

17 champions

share the oldest date in the table, February 21, 2009: Alistar, Annie, Ashe, Fiddlesticks, Jax, Kayle, Master Yi, Morgana, Nunu & Willump, Ryze, Sion, Sivir, Soraka, Teemo, Tristana, Twisted Fate, Warwick.

10 dates

after launch day saw two or more champions released together. The latest was Rakan and Xayah, on April 19, 2017.

Bandle City

has waited longest for a new champion. Its most recent is Yuumi, from May 15, 2019.

New champions per year

  1. 200942
  2. 201024
  3. 201124
  4. 201219
  5. 20138
  6. 20146
  7. 20155
  8. 20166
  9. 20175
  10. 20183
  11. 20195
  12. 20206
  13. 20214
  14. 20225
  15. 20234
  16. 20243
  17. 20253
  18. 20261

Where the dates come from

Release dates come from the community wiki's champion records. Patch numbers are the first build of Riot's Data Dragon game data that contains each champion, which is why champions already in its oldest build (3.6, from 2013) have none. Classes are Riot's own tags and regions come from Riot's Universe site. The next-champion box only lists what Riot has announced or what's already in the PBE game files. This page rebuilds itself every six hours.